I am a USC, my husband a Canadian citizen. We live in Canada and are currently in the process of applying for his IR-1. We have 3 kids, all born in Canada. I am waiting on the birth certificate for #3 to get here so that I can do whatever needs to be done about getting their US citizenship recognized (or whatever it is.)

Is that all I need to do for them to move to the US? Or is there something else? And if for some reason we don't get their stuff done before we move, will that be a problem? Can we just do it when we get to the US?

Thanks!!

If they are your biological children and you have lived in the US for five years or more (at least two years after you were 14), then they are already US citizens no matter where they were born and all you have to do is apply for passports for them. You can do that at the US embassy in Canada.

I don't know if it will be a problem if they don't have passports before you move. I don't think the new rule about having to have a passport to travel between US and Canada on ground is not in place yet. But if you're flying, they'll need passports.

I know this post is older but I did want to add something.

It would be a problem if they don't either:

A. Get U.S. Passports or
B. Register the births abroad at the U.S. consulate.

They won't be allowed across the border without one or the other.